SMTC vs. AMBA, MXL, DIOD, POWI, SLAB, AOSL, CRUS, RMBS, MTSI, and LSCC
Should you be buying Semtech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semtech include Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Diodes (DIOD), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Rambus (RMBS), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Semtech had 1 more articles in the media than Ambarella. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Semtech and 5 mentions for Ambarella. Semtech's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ambarella's score of 0.40 indicating that Semtech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ambarella received 138 more outperform votes than Semtech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.74% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.
Semtech has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ambarella has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Semtech. Ambarella is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semtech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Semtech presently has a consensus price target of $39.85, indicating a potential upside of 2.15%. Ambarella has a consensus price target of $71.08, indicating a potential upside of 48.55%. Given Ambarella's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ambarella is more favorable than Semtech.
Ambarella has a net margin of -74.81% compared to Semtech's net margin of -125.70%. Semtech's return on equity of -9.41% beat Ambarella's return on equity.
82.1% of Ambarella shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Semtech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Ambarella shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Semtech beats Ambarella on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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